4A cocktail dress coffee coloured crepe plissé, the narrow skirt of stiffened organza with fine sun ray pleating, with an overtunic of white cotton lace appliqué with self-coloured soutache braid flowers, with three quarter length sleeves, trimmed with caramel coloured satin ribbon bows at each hip, labelled Balenciaga, 10, Avenue George V. Paris, tagged 105080, Spring 1968; and another of bitter chocolate coloured silk, sleeveless, cut with a rounded panel at the waist and softly pleated at the neck, with belt, labelled as above, tagged 91049, 1960s (3)

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4A cocktail dress coffee coloured crepe plissé, the narrow skirt of stiffened organza with fine sun ray pleating, with an overtunic of white cotton lace appliqué with self-coloured soutache braid flowers, with three quarter length sleeves, trimmed with caramel coloured satin ribbon bows at each hip, labelled Balenciaga, 10, Avenue George V. Paris, tagged 105080, Spring 1968; and another of bitter chocolate coloured silk, sleeveless, cut with a rounded panel at the waist and softly pleated at the neck, with belt, labelled as above, tagged 91049, 1960s (3)

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Spring 1968 was Balenciaga's last collection before he closed his house to retire to Madrid. He died in 1972.

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